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The developer (Manning Homes) will include a statement in the development's Covenant Conditions & Restrictions (CC&R) informing home owners that the City intends to re-evaluate the intersection of the project access and Alton Avenue at a future time and the results of the evaluation could potentially result in driveway access modifications. COMMUNITY ISSUES A community meeting was held on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 for residents in the vicinity of the proposed project to be able to voice their concerns about the project. The following issues were brought up at the community meeting. • Existing school traffic in the area Northbound right toms from Fairview Street to westbound Alton Avenue and existing OCTA bus stop on Fairview Street south of Alton Avenue Existing School Traffic Two schools are located in the immediate vicinity of the proposed project: Jim Thorpe Fundamental Elementary School and Segerstrom High School. A number of residents voiced concerns at the community meeting about traffic issues associated with school traffic during the morning and afternoon school peak hours. It has been observed that there are queuing issues associated with both schools along Alton Avenue and Greenville Street. City council members have committed to working with the local residents in the near future to facilitate discussions with the Santa Ana Unified School District in order to find solutions to improving school-related traffic flow within and around the neighborhoods impacted by school traffic. The school-related traffic flow and queuing problems are existing now and would continue to exist whether or not the Alton Court project moves forward. Northbound Right Turns from Fairview Street to Eastbound Alton Avenue A number of residents expressed concerns about being delayed from making the northboundright-turn from Fairview Street to eastbound Alton Avenue due to the presence of OCTA buses that stop at the bus stop located immediately south of Alton Avenue on Fairview Street. Residents have indicated that when a bus is stopped at the bus stop, it is difficult and even unsafe to maneuver around the bus to make the right turn onto Alton Avenue. The followings options were considered through discussion with city staff and through city staffcoordination with OCTA. 1. Relocating the bus stop to the far side of the intersection of Alton Avenue and Fairview Street 2. Construction of a bus turnout at the can-ent bus stop location Construction of a right turn pocket on Fairview Street south of Alton Avenue Traffic Analysis for - 15 - October, 2007 Alton Court Residential Development 75A-146